Football League First Division 1966/67
| Football League First Division 1966/67 | |
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| master | Manchester United |
| European Cup of National Champions |
Manchester United |
| Trade fair trophy | Nottingham Forest , Leeds United , Liverpool FC |
| Cup winners | Tottenham Hotspur |
| European Cup Winners' Cup |
Tottenham Hotspur |
| Relegated | Aston Villa , Blackpool FC |
| Teams | 22nd |
| Games | 462 |
| Gates | 1,387 (ø 3 per game) |
| Top scorer | Ron Davies ( Southampton FC ) |
| ← Football League First Division 1965/66 | |
The Football League First Division 1966/67 was the 68th season of the highest English football league . It began on August 20, 1966 and ended on May 16, 1967.
Manchester United won their seventh English championship four points ahead of pursuers Nottingham Forest and Tottenham Hotspur . Both newly promoted Manchester City and Southampton FC were able to hold the class; instead Aston Villa and Blackpool FC had to move into the Second Division . These two clubs should be replaced in the following season by the two second division promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers and Coventry City .
A total of 482 players were used, with Liverpool, Sheffield Wednesday and Tottenham Hotspur having the fewest with 18 and Newcastle United with 28 the most players in league games. 96 newcomers were opposed to 104 footballers, who last came into play in the 1966/67 season. 32 players were able to play all 42 league games of their club.
Closing table
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Quota | Points | EgS |
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| 1. | Manchester United | 42 | 24 | 12 | 6th | 84:45 | 1.87 | 60:24 | 20th |
| 2. | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 64:41 | 1.56 | 56:28 | 20th |
| 3. | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 24 | 8th | 10 | 71:48 | 1.48 | 56:28 | 18th |
| 4th | Leeds United | 42 | 22nd | 11 | 9 | 62:42 | 1.48 | 55:29 | 25th |
| 5. | Liverpool FC (M) | 42 | 19th | 13 | 10 | 64:47 | 1.36 | 51:33 | 18th |
| 6th | Everton FC (P) | 42 | 19th | 10 | 13 | 65:46 | 1.41 | 48:36 | 21st |
| 7th | Arsenal FC | 42 | 16 | 14th | 12 | 58:47 | 1.23 | 46:38 | 22nd |
| 8th. | Leicester City | 42 | 18th | 8th | 16 | 78:71 | 1.10 | 44:40 | 21st |
| 9. | Chelsea FC | 42 | 15th | 14th | 13 | 67:62 | 1.08 | 44:40 | 25th |
| 10. | Sheffield United | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 52:59 | 0.88 | 42:42 | 23 |
| 11. | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 14th | 13 | 15th | 56:47 | 1.19 | 41:43 | 18th |
| 12. | Stoke City | 42 | 17th | 7th | 18th | 63:58 | 1.09 | 41:43 | 22nd |
| 13. | West Bromwich Albion (L) | 42 | 16 | 7th | 19th | 77:73 | 1.05 | 39:45 | 26th |
| 14th | Burnley FC | 42 | 15th | 9 | 18th | 66:76 | 0.87 | 39:45 | 25th |
| 15th | Manchester City (N) | 42 | 12 | 15th | 15th | 43:52 | 0.83 | 39:45 | 21st |
| 16. | West Ham United | 42 | 14th | 8th | 20th | 80:84 | 0.95 | 36:48 | 26th |
| 17th | Sunderland AFC | 42 | 14th | 8th | 20th | 58:72 | 0.81 | 36:48 | 25th |
| 18th | Fulham FC | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19th | 71:83 | 0.86 | 34:50 | 20th |
| 18th | Southampton FC (N) | 42 | 14th | 6th | 22nd | 74:92 | 0.80 | 34:50 | 22nd |
| 20th | Newcastle United | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21st | 39:81 | 0.48 | 33:51 | 28 |
| 21st | Aston Villa | 42 | 11 | 7th | 24 | 54:85 | 0.64 | 29:55 | 22nd |
| 22nd | Blackpool FC | 42 | 6th | 9 | 27 | 41:76 | 0.54 | 21:63 | 24 |
| (M) | reigning English champion |
| (P) | reigning FA Cup winner |
| (L) | reigning league cup winner |
| (N) | Newcomers last season |
| EgS | used players |
Results table
The home teams are listed in the left column.
| ARS | AST | BLP | BUR | CHE | EVE | FUL | LEE | LEI | LIV | MNC | MNU | NEW | NOF | SHU | SHW | SOT | STO | SUN | DEAD | WBA | WHU | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal FC | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 4 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 4: 1 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 2: 3 | 2: 1 | |
| Aston Villa | 0: 1 | 3: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 6 | 2: 4 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 3 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 3 | 3: 2 | 0: 2 | |
| Blackpool FC | 0: 3 | 0: 2 | 0: 2 | 0: 2 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 6-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 3 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 3 | 1: 4 | |
| Burnley FC | 1: 4 | 4: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 5: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 3 | 1: 1 | 0: 2 | 0: 2 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 4: 1 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 5: 1 | 4: 2 | |
| Chelsea FC | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 3 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 3 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 0: 2 | 5: 5 | |
| Everton FC | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 3: 2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 4: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 4: 1 | 0: 1 | 5: 4 | 4-0 | |
| Fulham FC | 0-0 | 5: 1 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 3 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 4: 2 | 2: 2 | 4: 1 | 2: 2 | 5: 1 | 2: 3 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 4: 1 | 3: 1 | 3: 4 | 2: 2 | 4: 2 | |
| Leeds United | 3: 1 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 5-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | |
| Leicester City | 2: 1 | 5-0 | 3-0 | 5: 1 | 3: 2 | 2: 2 | 0: 2 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 4: 2 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 4: 2 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 5: 4 | |
| Liverpool FC | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1: 3 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 5-0 | 3: 2 | 3: 2 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | |
| Manchester City | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1: 4 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 3 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 1: 4 | |
| Manchester United | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 4-0 | 4: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 5: 2 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 1-0 | 5: 3 | 3-0 | |
| Newcastle United | 2: 1 | 0: 3 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 3 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 3 | 0: 2 | 1: 3 | 1-0 | |
| Nottingham Forest | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 4: 1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 4: 1 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | |
| Sheffield United | 1: 1 | 3: 3 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 1: 4 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 4: 3 | 3: 1 | |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 7-0 | 6: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 2: 2 | 4: 1 | 1: 3 | 5-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | |
| Southampton FC | 2: 1 | 6: 2 | 1: 5 | 4-0 | 0: 3 | 1: 3 | 4: 2 | 0: 2 | 4: 4 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 3 | 4: 2 | 3: 2 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 6: 2 | |
| Stoke City | 2: 2 | 6: 1 | 2-0 | 4: 3 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 0-0 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 3-0 | 0: 2 | 3: 2 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | |
| Sunderland AFC | 1: 3 | 2: 1 | 4-0 | 4: 3 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 3: 1 | 0: 2 | 2: 3 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 4: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 2: 4 | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 3 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 4: 2 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 5: 3 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3: 4 | |
| West Bromwich Albion | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 5: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 3 | 3: 4 | 6: 1 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 2 | 3: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | |
| West Ham United | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 4-0 | 3: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 3 | 6: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 6 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 2 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 2 | 3-0 |
List of goalscorers
| player | society | Gates | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Ron Davies
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Southampton FC | 41 | 37 |
| 2 |
 Geoff Hurst
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West Ham United | 29 | 41 |
| 3 |
Jimmy Greaves
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Tottenham Hotspur | 25th | 38 |
| 4th |
Allan Clarke
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Fulham FC | 24 | 42 |
| 5 |
 Denis Law
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Manchester United | 23 | 36 |
| 6th |
Bobby Tambling
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Chelsea FC | 21st | = |
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Ian Storey-Moore
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Nottingham Forest | = | 39 |
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Jackie Sinclair
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Leicester City | = | 41 |
| 9 |
Neil Martin
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Sunderland FC | 20th | = |
| 10 |
Peter Dobing
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Stoke City | 19th | = |
| 11 |
Clive Clark
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West Bromwich Albion | = | 42 |
The Manchester United championship team
The following list lists all players who played in a league game for Manchester United during the 1966/67 season. It must be noted that in English football a minimum number of games is usually required in order to receive the official championship medal. Since there was uncertainty about the specific regulation before the introduction of the Premier League, all players who presumably did not receive a championship medal due to their low contribution were marked with an asterisk (*). The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.
| 1. | Manchester United |
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Willie Anderson * (1/0) | John Aston (30/5) | George Best (42/10) | Shay Brennan (16/0) | Noel Cantwell * (4/0) | Bobby Charlton (42/12) | John Connelly * (6/2) | Pat Crerand (39/3) | Tony Dunne (40/0) | John Fitzpatrick * (3/0) | Bill Foulkes (33/4) | David Gaskell * (5/0) | Harry Gregg * (2/0) | David Herd (28/16) | Denis Law (36/23) | Bobby Noble (29/0) | Jimmy Ryan * (5/0) | David Sadler (36/5) | Alex Stepney (35/0) | Nobby Stiles (37/3).
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Special occurrences
- Bobby Tambling scored five goals in the away game for Chelsea against Aston Villa on September 17, 1966.
literature
- Michael Joyce: Football League Players' Records, 1888 to 1939. SoccerData, Beeston 2002, ISBN 1-899468-63-3 .
- Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-1998. 5th edition. Queen Anne Press, Harpenden 1998, ISBN 1-85291-585-4 .
- Andrew Endlar: Manchester United. The Complete Record. Orion, London 2007, ISBN 978-0-7528-9084-5 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Cross table of the English Football League First Division 1966/1967 (Fussballdaten.de)